Meaning of elephant | Babel Free

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1. A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia
2. The 105th sura (chapter) of the Quran.
3. A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.
   countable, uncountable
4. Any member of the subfamily Elephantinae not also of the genera Mammuthus and Primelephas
5. A matter or problem that is obvious or of great importance but that is not discussed openly.
6. Any member of the subfamily Elephantinae not also of the genera Mammuthus and Primelephas.
   countable, uncountable
7. Anything huge and ponderous
8. a very large type of animal with very thick skin, a trunk and two tusks. olifant فيل слон elefante slon der Elefant elefant ελέφανταςelefante elevant فیل elefantti éléphantפיל हाथी slon elefánt gajah fíll elefante 象 코끼리 dramblys zilonis gajah olifantelefantsłoń پيل (فيل elefante elefant слон slon slon slon elefant ช้าง fil 象 слон ہاتھی con voi 象
9. Anything huge and ponderous.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
10. Synonym of elephant paper
11. Any of several very large herbivorous mammals of the family Elephantidae native to Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, having thick, almost hairless skin, a long, flexible, prehensile trunk, upper incisors forming long curved tusks of ivory, and, in the African species, large fan-shaped ears.
12. Synonym of elephant paper.
    countable, uncountable
13. used when counting to add length, so that each count takes about one second
14. Any of various extinct animals of the family Elephantidae.
15. (Animals) either of the two proboscidean mammals of the family Elephantidae. The African elephant (Loxodonta africana) is the larger species, with large flapping ears and a less humped back than the Indian elephant (Elephas maximus), of S and SE Asia
    Elephantidae
16. Ivory.
    obsolete, uncountable
17. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) chiefly Brit a size of writing paper, 23 by 28 inches
    chiefly
18. A xiangqi piece that is moved two points diagonally, may not jump over intervening pieces and may not cross the river.
    countable, uncountable
19. elephant in the room an obvious truth deliberately ignored by all parties in a situation
20. either of two very large five-toed mammals of the family Elephantidae, characterized by a long prehensile trunk and large tusks esp. in the males, including Loxodonta africana of Africa, with large flapping ears, and Elephas maximus of India, with smaller ears.
    Loxodonta africana
21. white elephant.
22. A large mammal having thick, nearly hairless skin, a long flexible trunk, and long curved ivory tusks. There are two living species of elephants, the African and the Indian elephant. They can live over 60 years in the wild and display complex social behavior.

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Examples

“Let's play hide and seek. I'll count. One elephant, two elephant, three elephant...”

“He sent rich gifts of elephant and gold.”

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